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(Eugen Grebenik et al., first edition 1958)
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|350_1_1_en_I Working population.ogg|'''working population'''  
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|350_1_1_en_II Working population.ogg|'''working population'''  
|350_1_2_en_I Economically active population.ogg|'''economically active population'''  
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|350_1_2_en_II Economically active population.ogg|'''economically active population'''  
|350_2_1_en_I Unknown population.ogg|'''unknown population'''  
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|350_2_1_en_II Unoccupied population.ogg|'''unoccupied population'''  
|350_2_2_en_I Economically inactive population.ogg|'''economically inactive population'''  
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|350_2_2_en_II Economically inactive population.ogg|'''economically inactive population'''  
|350_3_1_en_I Gainful occupation.ogg|'''gainful occupation'''  
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|350_3_1_en_II Gainful activity.ogg|'''gainful activity'''
|350_4_1_en_I Housewife.ogg|'''housewife'''  
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|350_3_2_en_II Economic activity.ogg|'''economic activity'''
|350_5_1_en_I Dependant.ogg|'''dependant'''  
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|350_4_1_en_II Homemaker.ogg|'''homemaker'''  
|350_5_2_en_I Activity rate.ogg|'''activity rate'''  
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|350_4_2_en_II Housewife.ogg|'''housewife'''  
|350_6_1_en_I Labour force participation rate.ogg|'''labour force participation rate'''  
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|350_5_1_en_II Dependent.ogg|'''dependent'''  
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|350_6_1_en_II Activity, ratio.ogg|'''activity, ratio'''  
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|350_6_2_en_II Labor force participation ratio.ogg|'''labor force participation ratio'''  
 
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[[en-I:working population]] [[ar-I:سكان العاملون (سكان)]] [[de-I:Erwerbsperson]] [[es-I:población activa]] [[fi-I:ammatissa toimiva väestö]] [[fr-I:population active]] [[it-I:popolazione attiva]] [[pl-I:ludność aktywna]] [[pt-I:POPULAÇÃO ativa]] [[ru-I:Население самодеятельное]]  
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[[en-II:working population]] [[ar-II:سكان أصحاب النشاط الاقتصادي]] [[cs-II:ekonomicky aktivní obyvatelstvo]] [[de-II:Erwerbsbevölkerung]] [[es-II:población activa]] [[fr-II:population active]] [[it-II:popolazione attiva]] [[ja-II:労働人口]] [[pt-II:população economicamente ativa (PEA)]] [[ru-II:Экономически активное население]] [[zh-II:劳动人口]]  
 
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Working population  (WORKING population)


A distinction is generally made between the working population 1 or economically active population 1 and the unoccupied population 2 or economically inactive population 2. Generally speaking, the working population consists of those individuals engaged in gainful activities 3. A gainful activity, or economic activity 3, is an activity which contributes to the production of income. Unpaid family workers (353-5) are usually included in the economically active population. Homemakers 4 or housewives 4 engaged in unpaid domestic duties, students, retired workers, etc. are usually excluded. The members of the economically inactive population are sometimes referred to as dependents 5 (358-1) in the sense that they subsist on the product of the working population. (See, however, the different sense of this term stated in § 358). The ratio of the working population to the total population, usually computed with reference to a given sex-age group or other category, is called the activity ratio 6 or labor force participation ratio 6.

  • 1. The terms gainfully occupied population, gainful workers, labor force are used as synonyms for working population and economically active population.
    For statistical measurement of the working population, the gainful worker concept or the labor force concept may be used. According to the gainful worker concept, the working population is defined as being composed of those persons who have a gainful activity which they normally exercise. According to the labor force concept, it is defined as the group of persons who were working at a gainful occupation or wanting or seeking such work during a specified period preceding the inquiry.

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